Woven fabric and method of producing same.



PATENTED AUG. 18, 1903'.

W. RUMPF. v WOVEN FABRIC AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG.1| 1902.

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.UNITED STATES Patented August 18, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM RUMPF, OF EDEN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND FREDERICK RUMIF, JR., TRADING AS FREDERICK RUMPFS SONS, OF

LANGHORNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

WOVEN FABRIC AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,635, dated August 18, 1903. Application filed August 1, 1902. $eria1N0. 117,930. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM RUMPF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eden, in the county of Bucks and State of Pennsyl- 5 Vania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inW'oven Fabrics and Methods of Producing the Same, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to a colored and i figured woven fabric and to the method of producing the same, and in such connection it relates to a fabric wherein the pattern and colors are printed upon the warp direct prior to the interweaving of the weft therewith.

[ The principal object of my invention is to provide a colored and figured fabric in which the colors and pattern are alike on both faces of the fabric and in which the warpthreads are arranged in two or more planes and each plane being colored or printed with the design before beaming in the loom and prior to the interweaving of the weft-threads therewith, said printed warp-threads appearing upon both faces of the fabric and inclosing or burying the said weft-threads.

The nature and scope of my present invention will be more fully understood from the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which-- Figure 1 is a top or plan View of the warpthreads of the fabric having stenciled or printed upon the threads the particular design or pattern and colors forthe fabric. Fig. 5 2 is a cross -sectional view, enlarged, of a portion of the warp-threads of Fig. l; and

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic View illustrating the weaving of the fabric.

Referring to the drawings, A, Fig. 1, represents the warp threads of the fabric upon which the design or pattern in colors has been imprinted or stenciled in such a manner that on both planes of the two-ply warp appears the colored pattern. As indicated in cross- 5 section in Fig. 2, after the coloring or stenciling the warp-threads lie in planes, and in each plane they areside by side and in groups of colors corresponding in detail to the design At each part of in the fabricated article.

the pattern the group of warp-threads a of one plane is of the same color as the warpthreads b of the other plane lying directly beneath the warp-threads a. In the same manner groups ct, a a and a overlie and correspond in color with the groups 1), 12 Z), and b of the other plane of warp-threads.

In weaving the fabric each plane or layer of warp-threads which is to enter into the fabric is first printed or stenciled separately,

so that when spread fiat the designs or fig: 6o

ures in the various colors appear complete upon the layer or plane of Warp. Each layer or plane of warp is a duplicate, so far as designs or figures are concerned, of the other layers or planes used in the fabric. After being so printed or stenciled the layers or planes are beamed in such a manner that corresponding designs or figures register throughout all the layers, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. The warp-threads a and b are then manipulated by the heddles D, and the weft-threads d thrown in by the shuttle E, so that in the finished fabric the warpthreads a and 1) appear upon both faces of the fabric and inclose or bury the weftthreads 01. This manipulation of the warpthreads a and b, with the design previously printed thereon, results in the production of a fabric wherein the design or patternis not so distinct as it would appear upon the warpthreads; but the pattern and colors are, how ever, mellowed and blended to give to the fabric a rich or oriental appearance, of course to some extent controlled by the different colors employed, without, however, effacing the general outlines of the design or defined pattern of the fabric.

- Having thus described the nature and object of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 0 1. The improvement in the art of Weaving colored and figured fabrics, which consists in first arranging the warp-threads in separate planes, then printing the pattern or design upon each plane of warp-threads separately, 5 and finally weaving the wefts between the warp-threads, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. A colored and figured woven fabric, com prising planes of warp-threads registering with each other, each plane having the design or pattern of the fabric printed or stenciled in colors thereon and a set of weftthreads interwoven with both planes of patterned warp-threads so that said weft-threads a, v new fabric printed or stenciled in colors thereon and a set of weft-threads interwoven with the patterned warp-threads so that said Weftthreads are inclosed or buried by said patterned warp-threads.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscrib- 2o ing witnesses.

WM. RUMPF.

Witnesses:

J. WALTER DOUGLASS, THOMAS M. SMITH. 

